Las Vegas Envy
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: July 17, 2008
You’ll remember that Massachusetts was the first state to legalize gay marriages, thanks to a court ruling in 2004. Everyone was not thrilled. There were petitions and attempts to pass constitutional amendments. Mitt Romney, who was evolving from liberal Republican governor to desperate Republican presidential candidate, declared his [...]
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July 11, 2008
By JOHN R. MILLER
Washington
PRESIDENT BUSH has won support abroad and bipartisan praise at home for his efforts to combat human trafficking, the slavery of our time. But now that work is imperiled by his own Department of Justice.
At the United Nations in 2003, Mr. Bush denounced the sex trafficking of women and [...]
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Posted in Chauvinism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2008, Ethics, Evil Doers, National, News, Politics, Social Science, conflict of interest on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Besides the fact that our leaders despise, use and abuse us - well here is a good example of the kind of people we have er……watching out for our interests and protecting our rights.
Addington Displays Contempt for Congress
James Joyner | Friday, June 27, 2008from http://www.outsidethebeltway.com
David Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was testifying under [...]
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January 27, 2008
The World
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler
By MARK BITTMAN
A change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn’t oil.
It’s meat.
The two commodities share a great deal: Like oil, meat is subsidized by the federal [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Dr. Lowrey, Chauvinism, Corruption, Doc Personal, Ethics, Evil Doers, Happy Valley Tattoo Massacre', Ministry News, Sneaky Cop Tricks, UT Incorrigibles, Utah on June 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, we went to court with Shandi today.
The prosecutors (county and state) want to drop the charges completely, but our good ol’ boy Lt. Falselv of the American Fork Police Department insists that the charges not be dropped, though he would be willing to let the prosecutors make a plea agreement where Shandi would plead [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Dr. Lowrey, Culture, Doc Personal, Ethics, Faith, Fundamentalism, Health, Life, Living Green, Mormonism, Religion, Social Science, Spirituality, Utah, tagged Food, LDS, Word of Wisdom, Diet, Vegan, vegetarian, joseph smith, meat, tobacco, alcohol, animals, sin, murder, disease, healing on June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On the (Mormon) Word of Wisdom
Dr. Gregory Lowrey
Here I describe the LDS (Mormon) Law of Diet called the Word of Wisdom contained in the LDS canon scripture the “Doctrine and Covenants” section 89, purported to be dictated directly by Jesus Christ, revealing the “order and will of God” regarding diet.
In Mormon tradition, the “order… of [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Kita Kazoo, Culture, Ethics, Feminism, Health, International, Life, Social Science, Videos With Purpose, tagged women's health on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
TV Program Description
Original PBS Broadcast Date: May 13, 2008
A difficult journey that begins in hopelessness and shame for thousands of women in Ethiopia ends in a productive new life in this award-winning documentary airing in its television premier on NOVA. Filmed in a starkly beautiful landscape, the film juxtaposes the isolated lives of village women [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Dr. Lowrey, Christianity, Culture, Election 2008, Ethics, Faith, Life, Peace, Politics, conflict of interest, tagged Humanity, Religion, golden rule, service on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Harvey Mackay
May. 11, 2008 12:00 AM
A Native-American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.
He said, “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.”
The grandson asked him, “Which wolf will win the fight [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Dr. Lowrey, Christianity, Corruption, Culture, Election 2008, Ethics, Evil Doers, Faith, Happy Valley Tattoo Massacre', International, Life, National, Peace, Politics, Sneaky Cop Tricks, Social Science, Utah, conflict of interest on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
From a Western Voices reader: Behavior like these raids is symptomatic of the politicization and militarization of the police, largely because of the infiltration of leadership echelons by officials who have been co-opted by special interest groups like the ADL, SPLC and others, offering free ideological “training” to departments nationwide in order to transform our [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Dr. Lowrey, Corruption, Culture, Election 2008, Environmental, Ethics, Evil Doers, International, Petitions, Politics, Social Science on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Boycott Pledge
Whereas, the People’s Republic of China has a long and extensive record of human rights abuses against many of its citizens, including but not limited to those living in Tibet, those seeking true religious freedom and those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); and
Whereas, the People’s Republic of China has refused to [...]
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